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Brother, sister are together again in Chattanooga after decades of separation

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photo Ulf Berge, who has lived in the United States for 60 years since moving from Bolivia, is reunited with his sister Ingrid Matienzo as she arrives Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport in Chattanooga, Tenn., with her family from Brazil.

Ulf Berge stood near the airport gate, his grown daughter in tow and clutching a vase of pink, yellow and purple flowers.

The flight was a few minutes early, but Berge was ready, his blue eyes straining a look down the long corridor where arriving passengers were heading his way.

Berge, 82, bounced slightly in anticipation.

Then he saw her, his only sister, walking toward him.

His mouth agape, Berge shuffled forward, kissing and hugging his elder by one year.